tapear

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Spanish

Etymology

From tapa +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tapeˈaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ta‧pe‧ar

Verb

tapear (first-person singular present tapeo, first-person singular preterite tapeé, past participle tapeado)

to have tapas, to dine on tapas, particularly from bar to bar

Conjugation

Conjugation of tapear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			tapear
gerund			tapeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tapeado		tapeada
		plural		tapeados		tapeadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tapeo	tapeas^{^tú} tapeás^{^vos}	tapea	tapeamos	tapeáis	tapean
	imperfect	tapeaba	tapeabas	tapeaba	tapeábamos	tapeabais	tapeaban
	preterite	tapeé	tapeaste	tapeó	tapeamos	tapeasteis	tapearon
	future	tapearé	tapearás	tapeará	tapearemos	tapearéis	tapearán
	conditional	tapearía	tapearías	tapearía	tapearíamos	tapearíais	tapearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tapee	tapees^{^tú} tapeés^{^vos²}	tapee	tapeemos	tapeéis	tapeen
	imperfect (ra)	tapeara	tapearas	tapeara	tapeáramos	tapearais	tapearan
	imperfect (se)	tapease	tapeases	tapease	tapeásemos	tapeaseis	tapeasen
	future¹	tapeare	tapeares	tapeare	tapeáremos	tapeareis	tapearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tapea^{^tú} tapeá^{^vos}	tapee	tapeemos	tapead	tapeen
	negative		no tapees	no tapee	no tapeemos	no tapeéis	no tapeen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

tapeo

Further reading

“tapear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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